1195 CE

Battle of Shamkor: Georgians defeat the Ildenizids of Azerbaijan. Battle of Alarcos: Almohad ruler Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur decisively defeats Castilian King Alfonso VIII. The Abbasid Caliph, Al-Nasir, takes military action against the Ayyubid Sultan, Al-Aziz Uthman, who controls Egypt and Syria. The Caliph mobilizes his forces and marches into Mesopotamia, directly challenging Ayyubid authority in the region of Iraq.

In the 1190s, the 12th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Temüjin, in alliance with the Jin dynasty of China, launches his first major campaign against the Tatars. This military action marks a new, formalized phase in Temüjin's rise to power and his ongoing unification of the various steppe tribes.source

Conflict & Security

  • June 1 – Battle of Shamkor: Georgians defeat the Ildenizids of Azerbaijan.source
  • July 18 – Battle of Alarcos: Almohad ruler Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur decisively defeats Castilian King Alfonso VIII.source
  • Alexius III Angelus overthrows Isaac II, and becomes Byzantine Emperor.source

Religion & Belief

  • The Abbasid Caliph, Al-Nasir, takes military action against the Ayyubid Sultan, Al-Aziz Uthman, who controls Egypt and Syria. The Caliph mobilizes his forces and marches into Mesopotamia, directly challenging Ayyubid authority in the region of Iraq.source
  • The Priory of St Mary's is founded in Bushmead.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • Kilkenny Castle was built by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, to control a fording-point of the River Nore and the junction of several routeways.Irelandsource

Births

  • August 15 – Anthony of Padua, Portuguese preacher and saint (died 1231)source
  • Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester (died 1265)source
  • Princess Shōshi of Japan (died 1211)source

Deaths

  • March 3 – Hugh de Puiset, bishop of Durham (born c. 1125)source
  • August 6 – Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (born 1129)source
  • October 13 – Gualdim Pais, Great Master of the Templars in Portugal (born 1118)source
  • December 17 – Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (born 1150)source
  • Ascelina, French nun and mystic (born 1121)source